The Yellowstone was the largest and heaviest steam locomotive to ever operate, coming in at 624 short tons. Made for the ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few pl… ...

Twenty-five of the massive and powerful engines were built in the 1940s to haul heavy Union Pacific freight trains over Wyoming and Utah mountains. The last was retired in 1962. Advertisement ...

On Saturday, the mighty locomotive moved itself down the tracks under its own steam power for the first time in many long years. The 2926 is one of the largest passenger engines ever built.

The famous Union Pacific Big Boy was the heaviest steam locomotive ever built when it became operational in the 1940s. An icon of the American railroads, it was retired from service in 1959 as the ...

While numerous historic Chinese steam engines have been saved for preservation both domestically and here in the U.S., it sounds like these units will stay on the job through their last useful days.

British startup Steamology has secured a contract to test its hydrogen-fueled steam traction system in a converted Freightliner Group (a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary) freight locomotive. Funded ...

The Strasburg Rail Road, America’s oldest short line railroad, honored International Women’s Day (March 8) and Women’s History Month by assigning its first-ever all-female steam locomotive crew.

Iowans look on as Big Boy No. 4014, the largest operating steam locomotive in the world, rolls into Belle Plaine on Thursday afternoon. The Union Pacific engine is touring Midwestern and Southern ...

The most powerful steam locomotive is indeed an impressive engine, whose massive build offered output to match. It has a 2-10-10-2 wheel layout, and has 48-inch low pressure cylinders hanging on ...